| NOUN | state | barrenness | the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children |
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| attribute | barrenness, fruitlessness, aridity | the quality of yielding nothing of value |
| Meaning | The state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children. | |
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| Broader | sterility, infertility | The state of being unable to produce offspring |
| Adjectives | barren | not bearing offspring |
| Meaning | The quality of yielding nothing of value. | |
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| Synonyms | fruitlessness, aridity | |
| Narrower | poorness | less than adequate |
| unproductiveness | The quality of lacking the power to produce | |
| Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| Opposite | fruitfulness, fecundity | The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth |
| Spanish | aridez, esterilidad, infructuosidad | |
| Catalan | aridesa, esterilitat, infructuositat | |
| Adjectives | barren | providing no shelter or sustenance |
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